WorksheetsMedical Termionlogy Review Quiz #2
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 17mins
What does "arthro-" mean?
Red
Bone
Arm
Joint
What does "Dorsal" mean?
Front
Back
Head
Side
What does "myo" mean?
Muscle
Heart
Personal
Ligament
eyelid
-cusis
blephar/o
kerat/o
myring/o
irid/o
eye, vision
presby/o
-opia
phak/o
ophthalm/o
ot/o
anter/o
front
back
above
below
bi-
one
two
toward
pertaining to
uni-
one
two
toward
pertaining to
aden/o
gland
vessel
artery
vein
cardi/o
heart
muscle
spleen
thymus gland
my/o
heart
muscle
spleen
thymus gland
phleb/o
atrium
ventricle
artery
vein
splen/o
heart
muscle
spleen
thymus gland
Hem/ o or hemat/ o
Blood
Nourishment
Lung
Head
Prefixes usually indicate
body part involved
condition, disorder or disease
all of the above
location, time, number or status
Word roots or combining forms.
BASIC MEANING of the term.
Usually indicate
position
body part involved
location
condition
Suffixes usually indicate
location, time, or number
procedure, condition, disorder or disease
body part involved
None of these
Dermat/o means
heart
small intestine
skin
lung
Sinistr/o
Right
Left
Top
Bottom
A- / An-
With
Without
Abnormal
Normal
Anti-
Abormal
Without
Against
Away
Pan-
Some
Same
All
None
Supra-
Top
Above
Below
Bottom
bi-
one
two
three
four
nulli-
Some
Same
All
None
circum
around
large
across
within
super
excessive, too much, high
increase
above, over, excess
before, in front of
olig
inner, insise
after, behind
small, scant
outer, outside
poly
many, much
one, single
small, scant
around
poly
many, much
one, single
small, scant
around
inter
backward, behind
between
above, over, excess
withing
hypo
under
beside
above
within
ad
toward, to, near
away from
down
together
endo
after, behind
one, single
inner, inside
into, within
cyan/o
purple
blue
red
white
Erythr/o
blue
purple
white
red
melan/o
blue
black
red
white
dextr/o
left side
away from
right side
midline
Anter/o
Back
Front
Side
Below
Chondr/o
Muscle
Cartilage
Muscle
Bone
Orth/o
skull
rib
bone
straight
Oste/o
bone
joint
backside of the body, closest to the spine
back, toward the back of the body
circum
around
large
across
within
